Sex therapists

[AlsoKnownAs17]

Has anyone had any experience of talking to a sex therapist on their own? ie Not with their OH.
Did it help? Did they offer anything other than an opportunity to talk?

(Happy to hear answers via PM if it's too personal.)

I'm a relationship counsellor who works with clients with sexual issues to a point. If the issues are more like erectile dysfunction or inability to orgasm etc then I refer onto Sex Therapy. You can go on your own. The therapy tends to be very practical.

Have you thought about tantric methods?

My first hand experiences (plural) of therapy / counselling suggest it's in the chocolate teapot territory, and there was nothing "practcal". The little I've heard from friends about non-relationship counselling has done nothing to fill me with confidence.
Dysfunction is not the issue (nor are any of the usual reasons to involve a sex therapist) and tantric would not be relevant.

Tantric methods can help psychologically and physically through meditations either alone or with partner.

Everything I've seen about tantric seems to be about imporving sex through meditation and some mystic connection. (I don't mean that to sound flippant and disparaging - I just can't think of a better way to put it.) Either that or it's getting into the realms of Hinuism and Budhism, and I don't think that's what your on about.
So what are you suggesting tantric can help with?

for example

www.thewayofmeditation.com.au/blog/shower-meditation/

and

www.thewayofmeditation.com.au/blog/mindful-sex/

Thanks for the links, but irrespective of efficacy, I don't think there's anything particularly relevant in either article.

What do you think would get the results you need?

If I knew that I wouldn't be asking. LOL
There are any number of therapy paradigms that practitioners advertise. I was hoping someone ... anyone ... might be able to say X helped with Y and how it helped.

tbh OP, as needs and experiences are so personal, and you're telling us "what's not" the issue, perhaps you could give a brief idea of "what is" and then other MNs might be able to help direct you...

It was a conscious decision not to detail the "issue" because of how internet forums work. I don't mean to seem churlish, but people tend to answer the question the want to answer, rather than that which has been asked. As has been the case so far. (No offence intended to those above.)

I'm not looking for what other people think I need to do, but rather try and gauge whether it's worth spending yet more money on counselling, when I've only seen evidence that its worth is overstated.

So you don't want to discuss the issue, You have no confidence in therapists or maybe you had the wrong one for you. It happens.
Then the only option is self help isn't it?

That doesn't address the question I'm asking.

I think OP, you'll be hard pressed to get an answer here because you're giving no indication of why you want to know or even if it's a personal or professional query.
Sometimes, giving nothing away, means nothing is given in return. Sorry.